Getting Velnapasi his money was easy, and if his figures were a little high, they weren’t as high as Syrina had expected them to be. Ormo could afford it, so she threw in a little extra to show him the boss was sincere.
the bossThree days later, Rina received a messenger hawk in the nests of The Grace’s Hospice. It was from N’nareth. The buyer had agreed to meet.
Two days after that, she had an appointment with a man named Gaston N’talisan.
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N’talisan was a professor at the University of Fom. He was from Tyrsh but had been in Fom for the past five years. N’nareth told her that he could tell Rina the rest himself.
The importer’s directions led her north, away from the University, toward Wise Cathedral, the seat of the Grace near the center of the city. Rina could see the colossal
